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Page 79
... English , that the dullest of my countrymen could not bid him good evening , as he passed him on the road in the twilight , without saying to himself , " There goes a John Bull ! " Yet so universally popular did he become by his ...
... English , that the dullest of my countrymen could not bid him good evening , as he passed him on the road in the twilight , without saying to himself , " There goes a John Bull ! " Yet so universally popular did he become by his ...
Page 81
... English accent ( which does not mean cockney- ism , whatever some of us may think ) , and her conversation evinced at once the woman of the world and the romantic enthusiast , —a rare combination certainly , but , when it occurs ...
... English accent ( which does not mean cockney- ism , whatever some of us may think ) , and her conversation evinced at once the woman of the world and the romantic enthusiast , —a rare combination certainly , but , when it occurs ...
Page 83
... English precision ; and although the fare was plain enough , it was perfectly well served . Indeed , if I ever envied anybody an earthly possession , I certainly envied the Sibthorpes the three or four English ser- vants , who moved ...
... English precision ; and although the fare was plain enough , it was perfectly well served . Indeed , if I ever envied anybody an earthly possession , I certainly envied the Sibthorpes the three or four English ser- vants , who moved ...
Page 88
... English friends began again to enjoy the real pleasures of a country life , and to gather round them such additional means of com- fort and convenience as had been at first un- provided . The new part of the dwelling was finished , and ...
... English friends began again to enjoy the real pleasures of a country life , and to gather round them such additional means of com- fort and convenience as had been at first un- provided . The new part of the dwelling was finished , and ...
Page 97
... English relatives died within a week of each other , and our friend found himself a rich man , with the necessity of returning immediately to England . Here was a dilemma : we did not know whether to be glad or sorry — af- fection ...
... English relatives died within a week of each other , and our friend found himself a rich man , with the necessity of returning immediately to England . Here was a dilemma : we did not know whether to be glad or sorry — af- fection ...
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